Taylour Paige

Taylour Paige was born and raised in Santa Monica, California. Paige started her career at a young age training at the Westside Ballet Academy, and spent two summers at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC. In 2001, she became a student of the choreographer, director, executive producer, and actress, Debbie Allen. That year, she was cast in Debbie Allen's Pearl, and went on to do every musical with the Academy from 2001-2009.Taylour starred in A24's Zola (2020), Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) and Eddie Huang's (Fresh Off The Boat) Boogie (2021).Taylour is best known for stand out performances in the SXSW film Jean of the Joneses (2016), directed by Stella Meghie for which The Hollywood Reporter and LA Times praised her performance, and for her role as "Cathy Volsan-Curry" in Sony's White Boy Rick (2018), directed by Yann Demange.